Jindal: Cultivating a diversified, growing Louisiana economy

1:51 PM,
May 2, 2014

Written by

GOV. BOBBY JINDAL

BATON ROUGE, La. -- Just over six years ago, I took office just as our country was entering one of the deepest national recessions in decades. Nevertheless, I was determined that we would position Louisiana to economically outperform the South and our nation.

We immediately got to work on strengthening governmental ethics laws, cutting taxes, revamping our workforce development programs, and reforming our education system so that we could create a competitive business climate. Thanks to these and other reforms, targeted state investments, and aggressive business development ...